– Boxing: After a strong first half of the year, we pretty much have nothing going on until July 31st when Juan Manuel Marquez fights Juan Diaz for a rematch. The first fight was great, so hopefully we have a repeat. Also, Bob Arum’s been running his mouth that the Mayweather-Pacquiao fight will be on November 13th, if Mayweather agrees, of course. I doubt this is all down to Mayweather, because Arum lies, but both Roach and Arum say Manny is fighting on the 13th. Oh, and since Arum is a fucking sleazeball, he’s named Antonio Margarita (that’s right, the guy who used plaster in his attempt to murder his opponents) as a potential challenger to Manny. (Also Miguel Cotto has been named, again. Both of these guys are Arum fighters, which is exactly what Arum wants. You can see I think Arum is great, right?)

– Street art: I’m kinda over street art (Banksy, Roa, etc.) but then I saw this on unurth:

– Americans take comfort: In 7 of the top 10 most populated countries, soccer, er futbol, is not the most popular sport. This opinion piece then goes on to call soccer futbol “the most popular compromise sport.” To wit:

By eliminating so many talents and skills essential to other sports—the throwing and hand-eye coordination of baseball; the vertical leap of basketball; the sheer power and speed of football; the quick, sure hands needed for all three—soccer makes it possible for all countries, no matter what their size and population, to be relatively competitive. That, combined with rules and conditions absurdly slanted in favor of defense, means that nearly every game looks close even though the winning team in a 1-0 match can be perceived as “dominant.”

I’m not saying I agree, but it’s hard to argue against the compromise point (you know, since they never use their hands). The article also notes that only Europe and South America have won the cup. For whatever that’s worth. (WSJ)

– Ladies, part deux: So yeah, that paragraph from last week was supposed to include this: Apparently you’ve been putting your bras on wrong your whole life. You can’t do the clasp in front then spin it around. You’re supposed to bend a little and put your tits in the cups, clasp the back and then “scoop and set.” As in reach into your bra and “scoop” until your titty is “set” in the cup. This is legit info passed down to me from an older woman explaining her recent trip to a high-end lingerie shop. At the shop she learned she had been wearing the wrong size for many years. This is how that particular part of the conversation went down:

– Happy Fourth of Jew-lie: No painted flags on naked chicks this time around. I’m going to leave you with one of my favorite quotes of John Adams, mainly because he was talking about July 2nd, which was the day Congress had voted to declare our independence (July 4th was the day the wording was approved). Adams was rarely wrong in his predictions, so you can’t blame him for getting the day wrong but the celebrations right:

The second day of July, 1776, will be the most memorable epocha in the history of America. I am apt to believe that it will be celebrated by succeeding generations as the great anniversary festival. It ought to be commemorated as the day of deliverance, by solemn acts of devotion to God Almighty. It ought to be solemnized with pomp and parade, with shows, games, sports, guns, bells, bonfires, and illuminations, from one end of this continent to the other, from this time forward forevermore.

It shall, John, it shall. (Find more quotes from good ol’ John here, including his fear of where our government could end up: “There is nothing which I dread so much as a division of the republic into two great parties, each arranged under its leader, and concerting measures in opposition to each other. This, in my humble apprehension, is to be dreaded as the greatest political evil under our Constitution.” Like I said, he was rarely wrong.)

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The bra business is correct. Here is the advice from one of the bestselling lingerie makers, the Eveden company:
“Firstly, lean forward and allow your breasts to fall into your bra (what we call the swoop) so they sit in place naturally and comfortably. Then fasten the bra on the loosest hook and stand up. Lastly, scoop each breast gently into place in the bra (remember that breast tissue goes all the way to the underarm) to ensure they are comfortably positioned and not caught in the underwire or spilling out of the sides and use your index finger to smooth across the top cup edge to ensure there is no overspill.”